The House That Telepaths Built

Saturday Stories

April 14, 2018

Even before Jack opened his eyes he already knew where he was. He found himself in a middle of a field, surrounded by untouched grass, as if he had popped out of thin air.

He was back where his uncanny abilities come from. It was also where he must find the world's most powerful telekinetic before it's too late.

Of all the characters of Stephen King, my favorite is Jack Sawyer, the hero of Black House, his second collaboration with Peter Straub. Their first, The Talisman, is when Jack was still a young boy, when he first possessed the powers that will forever mark him different from ordinary men.

And of all the mental movies I've "directed" as I read novels, this is one of the most epic. My "scenes" as Jack with Kevin Costner (Dale Gilbertson), Morgan Freeman (Speedy Parker), Robert Downey Jr. (Henry Leyden), Jeff Bridges (Beezer St. Pierre), Joseph Gordon Levitt (Bobby Dulac), Charlize Theron (Tansy Freneau), Viola Davis (Elvena Morton), Famke Janssen (Judy Marshall), Mouse (Steve Buscemi), Fred Ward (Fred Marshall), Jack Black (Wendell Green), Dylan Sprayberry (Tyler) and Cate Blanchett (Sophie) are all unforgettable.

Yet the power has its dark side. Jack has grown up to be a detective and solved crimes that baffled even the experts, but he had to battle his own inner demons.

So he left everything behind and moved to a isolated small town to find peace.

Then children began to disappear, victims of serial cannibal killer who calls himself The Fisherman. But Jack, still trying to heal his inner wounds, didn't want to have any part of it.

One day, a young boy, Tyler, had vanished. His mother was driven insane – or did she? His father begged Jack to help find the boy.

But still, Jack didn't want to be involved, but that was before he found out who Tyler really was.

The police station was in chaos. The police had caught the Fisherman – or did they? Only Jack, with his uncanny intuition which helped them catch another serial killer years ago, would be able to see through him.

Suddenly, the people of the town has come for the man. They were outside, driven by bloodlust, and unstoppable.

Then Jack heard a voice in his head, telling him what to do, but he must act fast. He had only a few minutes before complete madness descended.

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